the lower lip, but not equalling the upper lip. Ovary conical. StyLe 
as long or nearly so as the stamens. Stiema 2-lobed. 
Poputar AND GEocrapuicat Notice. This plant is a native of 
Brazil, whence it was received by the Horticultural Society. It was, 
till lately, considered to be Gesnera Sellowii of Martius, a mistake 
discovered by Dr. Lindley, who has bestowed upon it the name it must 
in future bear. It does not even belong to the same section of the 
species as Gesnera Sellowii, but belongs to the group of which Gesnera 
bulbosa is the type It is very nearly allied to Gesnera faucialis, from 
which however, it differs in the leaves being more round, while the 
flowers are smaller. It attains the height of two feet. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE.- Introduced about 
1832, by the London Horticultural Society. This, as well as several 
other species of Gesnera, the whole of which are stove plants, have 
tuberous roots, by which they may be easily increased. The best 
time for dividing these is when they have begun to vegetate; for if 
division he performed earlier they will sometimes perish, particularly 
if kept too moist, whilst in a dormant state. Another method of in- 
crease is by cuttings. When the young shoots are two or three inches 
high, they may be taken off with a heel of the fleshy tuber, and they 
will make root quickly, and become fine flowering plants in the same 
season. 
DERIVATION OF THE NaMEs. 
GESNERIA or (as it ought to be) Gesnera, in hohour of Conrad Gesner, one 
of the fathers of modern natural history, born at Zurich in 1516, died 1565. 
LaterittA, from later, a brick, or tile, in reference to the colour of the flowers. 
. Synonymes. 
GESNERA LATERITIA, Lindley in Botanical Register, folio 1950. 
